Brentwood, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems has dropped out of the bidding process to lease Memorial Health System, based in Colorado Springs, Colo., according to a Colorado Springs Gazette report. HCA-HealthOne is now the only for-profit company bidding for Memorial. The…
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J. Thomas Rosch, commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission, has expressed deep skepticism about accountable care organizations and said the model may actually lead to higher costs and lower quality care, according to his speech from Nov. 17. Mr. Rosch…
United Hospital in St. Paul, Minn., is planning an $18.5 million expansion of its surgery center, including a renovation of its operating rooms, according to a Pioneer Press report.
The healthcare industry is currently undergoing mass-scale changes that have not been seriously discussed at the federal level since the 1990s, when then-President Bill Clinton tried to implement a healthcare reform package that would have expanded healthcare coverage to more…
Abington (Pa.) Memorial Hospital and Phoenixville (Pa.) Hospital have partnered in a telemedicine program for stroke patients, according to an AMH news release.
Federal stimulus money for healthcare technology has helped increase 11 health IT companies' stocks 82 percent, according to a USA Today report.
A national electronic health record oversight program may be needed to provide surveillance of EHR-related safety issues, according to an article in the Journal of Patient Safety.
Florida Hospital in Orlando is opening a radiology residency program next year to train medical residents in imaging, according to an Orlando Sentinel report.
Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial HealthCare CEO Dean Harrison made approximately $9.7 million in total compensation in 2010, the highest of any Chicago hospital CEO, according to a Crain's Chicago Business report.
Boston-based Steward Health Care System is offering to sell 11 medical office buildings on the campuses of its Massachusetts hospitals, clarifying that the hospital system is “not a real estate company,” according to a Steward spokesperson cited in a Boston…